A webcam for Arenal 11 June 2011
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Even in Costa Rica, a land well-provided with active and spectacular volcanoes, Arenal stands out as something special. It’s now possible to keep a close watch on Arenal via a new webcam installed by the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (OVSICORI-UNA). It is located to the south of Arenal 1.4 km from the summit and, weather permitting, gives a fine view of the volcano’s elegant cone. The image is available via this page (or click on the image above) and refreshes every 10 seconds. Be careful — volcano webcams can be addictive!
Information
Global Volcanism Program: Arenal – summary information for Arenal (1405-033)
Volcán Arenal en vivo – OVSICORI-UNA webcam for Arenal
Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica – home page for Ovsicori
SI/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 6-12 October 2010 14 October 2010
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The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 6-12 October 2010 is compiled by Sally Kuhn Kennert and published by the Global Volcanism Program. Some selected highlights:
- Piton de la Fournaise: continuing high level of activity, with elevated seismicity and summit inflation
- Planchón-Peteroa: plumes rising to altitudes between 3 and 6 km a.s.l.
- Poás: phreatic eruptions throw material tens of metres above the surface of the crater lake
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The Smithsonian Institution/United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 29 September – 5 October 2010 is now available on the Global Volcanism Program website. The following is a summary and not a substitute for the full report.
- The current report: Weekly Volcanic Activity Report.
- Previous reports: Weekly Reports Archive.
- The SI/USGS map of volcanoes discussed this week.
New activity/unrest: Piton de la Fournaise (Réunion Island), Planchón-Peteroa (Chile), Reventador (Ecuador).
Ongoing activity: Arenal (Costa Rica), Batu Tara (Indonesia), Dukono (Indonesia), Karymsky (Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii, USA), Kliuchevskoi (Russia), Poás (Costa Rica), Sakura-jima (Japan), Sangay (Ecuador), Shiveluch (Russia), Soufrière Hills (Montserrat).
SI/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 8-14 September 2010 16 September 2010
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The Global Volcanism Program has put together a bumper Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 8-14 September 2010. Sally Kuhn Kennert of the GVP compiled the report. Some highlights:
- Nevado del Huila: alert level raised following increase in seismicity and gas/ash emissions
- Soufrière Hills: several small-to-moderate pyroclastic flows descended the dome and took parts of it down with them
- Arenal: rumbled its way through August with gas emissions, strombolian eruptions and avalanches
- Sinabung: threw ash plumes up to 4.3-4.6 km altitude
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The Smithsonian Institution/United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 8-14 September 2010 is now available on the Global Volcanism Program website. The following is a summary and not a substitute for the full report.
- The current report: Weekly Volcanic Activity Report.
- Previous reports: Weekly Reports Archive.
- The SI/USGS map of volcanoes discussed this week.
New activity/unrest: Cleveland (Alaska, USA), Ekarma (Russia), Kliuchevskoi (Russia), Nevado del Huila (Colombia), Planchón-Peteroa (Chile), Santa María (Guatemala), Sinabung (Indonesia).
Ongoing activity: Arenal (Costa Rica), Batu Tara (Indonesia), Dukono (Indonesia), Karymsky (Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii USA), Reventador (Ecuador), Sakura-jima (Japan), Sangay (Ecuador), Shiveluch (Russia), Soufrière Hills (Montserrat), Suwanose-jima (Japan).
Note: a.s.l. = ‘above sea level’.
SI/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 30 June – 6 July 2010 9 July 2010
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Some highlights from the last week of volcanic activity reported by the Global Volcanism Program, including an apparent revival of activity at Soufrière Hills:
- Ebeko: explosions throwing plumes up to 1.8 km altitude, alert level raised to yellow
- Arenal: strombolian activity shaking the glass in windows 4 km away
- Kliuchevskoi: ash plumes to 5.3 km altitude
- Soufrière Hills: ash venting observed for the first time since February 2010
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The Smithsonian Institution/United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 30 June – 6 July 2010 is now available on the Global Volcanism Program website. The following is a summary and not a substitute for the full report.
- The current report: Weekly Volcanic Activity Report.
- Previous reports: Weekly Reports Archive.
- The SI/USGS map of volcanoes discussed this week.
New activity/unrest: Ebeko (Russia), Gorely (Russia), Tiatia (Russia), Ulawun (Papua New Guinea).
Ongoing activity: Arenal (Costa Rica), Bagana (Papua New Guinea), Dukono (Indonesia), Karymsky (Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii USA), Kliuchevskoi (Russia), Miyake-jima (Japan), Pagan (Mariana Islands), Sakura-jima (Japan), Shiveluch (Russia), Soufrière Hills (Montserrat), Tungurahua (Ecuador).
Note: a.s.l. = ‘above sea level’.
SI/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 13-19 January 2010 21 January 2010
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Some of the volcanic activity headlines this week:
- Kharimkotan: Kuril volcano shows a thermal anomaly
- Soufrière Hills: activity ramps up with 5.5-7.6 km ash plumes
- Tungurahua: big explosions rattle windows
- Arenal: strombolian eruptions from Arenal’s crater C
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The Smithsonian Institution/United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 13-19 January 2010 is available on the Global Volcanism Program website. The following is a summary and not a substitute for the full report.
- The current report: Weekly Volcanic Activity Report.
- Previous reports: Weekly Reports Archive.
- The SI/USGS map of volcanoes discussed this week.
New activity/unrest: Kharimkotan (Russia), Nyamuragira (Democratic Republic of Congo), Soufrière Hills (Montserrat), Tungurahua (Ecuador), Turrialba (Costa Rica).
Ongoing activity: Arenal (Costa Rica), Chaitén (Chile), Gaua (Vanuatu), Karymsky (Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii, USA), Kliuchevskoi (Russia), Planchón-Peteroa (Chile), Rabaul (Papua New Guinea), Sakura-jima (Japan), Sangay (Ecuador), Shiveluch (Russia), Suwanose-jima (Japan).
SI/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 11-17 November 2009 19 November 2009
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The Smithsonian Institution/United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 11-17 November 2009 is available on the Global Volcanism Program website. The following is a summary and not a substitute for the full report.
- The current report: Weekly Volcanic Activity Report.
- Previous reports: Weekly Reports Archive.
- The SI/USGS map of volcanoes discussed this week.
New activity/unrest: Galeras (Colombia), Mayon (Philippines).
Ongoing activity: Arenal (Costa Rica), Bagana (Papua New Guinea), Chaitén (Chile), Fuego (Guatemala), Karymsky (Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii, USA), Kizimen (Russia), Kliuchevskoi (Russia), Nevado del Huila (Colombia), Popocatépetl (Mexico), Rabaul (Papua New Guinea), Reventador (Ecuador), Sakura-jima (Japan), Sangay (Ecuador), Santa María (Guatemala), Shiveluch (Russia), Soufrière Hills (Montserrat), Suwanose-jima (Japan).
Note: a.s.l. = ‘above sea level’.
SI/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 7-13 October 2009 15 October 2009
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The Smithsonian Institution/United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 7-13 October 2009 is available on the Global Volcanism Program website. The following is a summary and not a substitute for the full report.
- The current report: Weekly Volcanic Activity Report.
- Previous reports: Weekly Reports Archive.
- The SI/USGS map of volcanoes discussed this week.
New activity/unrest: Karymsky (Russia), Kizimen (Russia), Kliuchevskoi (Russia), Piton de la Fournaise (Réunion), Sakura-jima (Japan), Shiveluch (Russia), Soufrière Hills (Montserrat).
Ongoing activity: Arenal (Costa Rica), Bagana (Papua New Guinea), Batu Tara (Indonesia), Dukono (Indonesia), Fuego (Guatemala), Kilauea (Hawaii, USA), Rabaul (Papua New Guinea), Suwanose-jima (Japan).
SI/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 6-12 May 2009 14 May 2009
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The Smithsonian Institution/United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report covering 6-12 May 2009 is available on the Global Volcanism Program website. The following is a summary and not a substitute for the full report.
- The current report: Weekly Volcanic Activity Report.
- Previous reports: Weekly Reports Archive.
- The SI/USGS map of volcanoes discussed this week.
New activity: Galeras (Colombia), Nyiragongo (Dem. Rep. of Congo), Rinjani (Lombok Island, Indonesia), Veniaminof (Alaska, USA).
Ongoing activity: Arenal (Costa Rica), Batu Tara (Komba Island, Indonesia), Chaitén (Chile), Dukono (Halmahera, Indonesia), Ebeko (Paramushir Island, Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii, USA), Llaima (Chile), Nevado del Huila (Colombia), Rabaul (Papua New Guinea), Redoubt (Alaska, USA), Sakura-jima (Japan), Shiveluch (Kamchatka, Russia), Suwanose-jima (Japan), Tungurahua (Ecuador).
Arenal activity continues, tourists dice with death 17 April 2009
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Seismicity at Arenal volcano in Costa Rica remains elevated, with continuing rock-fracture earthquakes caused by magma movement within the volcanic system (online seismograph displays for Arenal, along with other Costa Rican volcanoes, are available from the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica: Sismogramas en línea). Monitoring was stepped up at Arenal at the beginning of this month, and warnings were issued to tourists visiting the Arenal National Park over the Easter holiday.
It seems to have made no difference, however. The Costa Rican newspaper La Nación reports today that Costa Rican and foreign tourists ‘are entering dangerous areas in the vicinity of the crater of Arenal volcano, despite the presence of notices warning of the increased seismic activity that could cause avalanches’. Visitors have apparently been getting in via neighbouring private property to evade police and park ranger controls, or are being brought into the park by people masquerading as official guides in order to earn money, regardless of the risks. ‘Because [the tourists] are uninformed or unconcerned, they are wandering through the area of greatest danger. They are putting their lives on the line’, warns the head of the tourist police, José David Rojas.
Arenal and its surrounding park form a popular tourist attraction, but the volcano is not tame and has to be treated with respect. In August 2000 three people died on Arenal when they were engulfed by a pyroclastic flow: they were in an area identified as dangerous at the time.
News
Turistas invaden zonas de riesgo en volcán Arenal – La Nación, 17 April 2009
Information
Global Volcanism Program: Arenal – summary information for Arenal (1405-033)
Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica – home page for Ovsicori
SI/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 8 April 2009 – 14 April 2009 16 April 2009
Posted by admin in activity reports, Alaska, Arenal, Batu Tara, Caribbean, Chaitén, Chile, Colima, Costa Rica, Dukono, Ebeko, Ecuador, eruptions, Fernandina, Galapagos, Hawaii, Indonesia, Japan, Karymsky, Kilauea, Kliuchevskoi, Koryaksky, Llaima, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Rabaul, Redoubt, Russia, Sakura-jima, Shiveluch, Soufrière Hills, Suwanose-jima, Tungurahua, Weekly Volcanic Activity Reports.Tags: Global Volcanism Program, volcanic activity reports
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The Smithsonian Institution/United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report covering 8 April 2009 to 14 April 2009 is available on the Global Volcanism Program website. The following is a summary and not a substitute for the full report.
- The current report: Weekly Volcanic Activity Report.
- Previous reports: Weekly Reports Archive.
- The SI/USGS map of volcanoes discussed this week.
New activity: Ebeko (Paramushir Island), Fernandina (Galapagos Islands, Ecuador), Kliuchevskoi (Kamchatka, Russia), Llaima (Chile), Miyake-jima (Japan), Redoubt (Alaska, USA), Sakura-jima (Japan).
Ongoing activity: Arenal (Costa Rica), Batu Tara (Komba Island, Indonesia), Chaitén (Chile), Colima (Mexico), Dukono (Halmahera, Indonesia), Karymsky (Kamchatka, Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii, USA), Koryaksky (Kamchatka, Russia), Rabaul (Papua New Guinea), Shiveluch (Kamchatka, Russia), Soufrière Hills (Montserrat), Suwanose-jima (Japan), Tungurahua (Ecuador).
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